I you want to improve run-time execution.... This is requiring to understand the effects of your coding and way of analyses well. Some of this parts are touched in the advanced SAS programming goals. Do not expect the simple minded approaches like ... do it in oracle use, proc sql, etc etc solving that problem. There is some: Conservation of energy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (law of conservation of energy) with tuning&performance within IT there should be "a law of conservation of misery". You can put more processing in a DBMS hoping it is more powerfull. that is more with that as "in databaseprocessing" a database redesign or one of another type to the ultimate technical solution. You could also improve your processing in more simple steps like better tuning config setttings combining logical steps to minimize IO. All this human effort only can be justified where the win/results must come from a repeatable proces. By that you are in the area of a software engineer having to deal with change test and monitor processes.      ... View more

Hey Marie, Robert's suggestion of using IMAGENAME could still work for you. Here are a few ways you could make it work: 1. Use the PLOTS option on PROC LIFETEST to select each plot and run the procedure twice, changing the name each time. 2. Do #1 above using ODS SELECT if PLOTS does not give you the control you need. 3. Run PROC LIFETEST once and capture all plots in an ODS DOCUMENT. Then, use PROC DOCUMENT to replay them individually, changing the name each time. Also note that the RESET=INDEX option on the ODS GRAPHICS may be useful here. This option will reset the index used on the end of the names. Be sure to use it before specifying IMAGENAME. Let me know if you have any questions about this approach. Thanks! Dan ... View more

You might have better luck with this post in the Forum for Statistical Procedures. That said have you looked at the ODS OUTPUT destination, and if so what does it fail to provide? ... View more

to define your own special-missings, use PROC FORMAT ; invalue my_mis '06.06.6666' = .D /*almost number of the be... */ '07.07.7777' = .S other =[ anydtdte. ] ; run ; Then use the informat MY_MIS. instead of ANYDTDTE. ... View more

Hi Dan, thank you very much. It is working 🙂 ... View more

A paper that relates to the association of variables to SYMBOL statements can be found at: http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi29/086-29.pdf ... View more

thank you for your help! ... View more

doesnt work 😞 ... View more

thank u so much! everything works! just had to compress my value then everything was all right 😉 ... View more

Thank u very much for your answers!! I'll try it out! cheers marie ... View more